burgess: i have an amendment at the desk, burgess 301. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. burgess of texas -- mr. burgess: i ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read. the chair: is there objection? without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho seek recognition? >> i reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. the chair: a point of order reserved. - is reserved. pursuant to house resolution 641, the gentleman from texas and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. burgess: thank you, madam chairman. i rise today to offer an amendment to protect taxpayers from losing any more money since the department of energy's track record of granting money to entities teetering on the brink of bankruptcy is far from stellar. since president obama ramped up the spending at the department of energy in order to push a political agenda, the department of energy first under secretary chu and now und

still with me now is mark burgess.ark, you look at what is going ole world looking and israel conducts a ground invasion at the same time. what concerns you the most, the middle east or russia? >> i think what is going on in russia is more concerning. the global growth outlook looks very fragile. what we don't need is a big uptick in oil prices or disruption in any market. the thing in russia is it has the potential to spill over into europe right-click lee -- quite quickly. the sanctions introduced yesterday changed the game and put real financial pressure on the russian economy. it could cause severe concern outside of russia. >> we have seen comments from vladimir putin. he said the ukraine crash shows the need to resolve the crisis quickly. everybody was talking about escalation. when we look at what has happened, maybe this is what gets these sides together to sort this out. >> why possibly, who knows what the agenda is. one potential outcome. >> you mentioned the oil market. last year we got comfortable with low

burgess: mr.peaker, i'll reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: continues to reserve. the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i'm very pleased at this time to yield three minutes to the distinguished gentleman from california who serves on the reign affairs committee, dr. ami bera, a good friend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. bera: thank you. i rise today to speak to this body about the outrageous supreme court decision, the hobby lobby case. i look at this not as a member of congress but as a doctor. now, in my training we took an oath. that oath was to put our patients first, to do good. my core job as a doctor is to sit with my patients, answer her questions, talk about the risks and benefits and the various options that are available but then to empower my patients to make the decisions that best fit their lives. to women, there's no greater decision than when to start a family, when to become a mother. that's why pr

. >> reporter: in 2007 john steven burgess answered an add for math tutoring. she remembers what donna told her that day. >> she said, i love you, bye. >> reporter: donna disappeared. two years later burgess pled guilty claiming he and joe were partying and she overdosed on drugs and he panicked and dumped her body in the ocean. >> he got away with the murder. >> reporter: he placed an add for a roommate, that already a violation of his parole. >> i'm afraid and i'm sure he's going to do it, again. >> reporter: back then two women identified him and called police. drugs and ammunition were found at his home and returned to prison until now. >> when i find out, i'm going to have fliers, you know, made and spread it in the neighborhood that he's there. go to bed and the first thing i wake up to. >> reporter: donna's body never found, she holds out this hope. >> i don't think it's ignorant or denial or anything like that, but my heart tells me she is still alive somewhere. >> now, burgess has 48 hours to report to a probation officer hub where he will be equipped

burgess. mr. burgess, no. miss slaughter. >> aye. >> miss slaughter, aye. mr. mcgovern, aye. mr. hastings. >> yes. >> mr. hastings, aye. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> reports the total. >> four ayes, seven nos. >> amendment not agreed to. further amendment or discussion? seen none. vote will be on the motion from the gentlewoman from north carolina, vase chairman of the committee. those in favor, signify by saying aye. those opposed no. the ayes have it. the ayes have it. the gentleman from orlando, florida, mr. webster, will be handling this for republicans. mr. polis will be handling this for democrats. the next rules committee meeting is scheduled for 3:00 on tomorrow, on the charitable extenders package. i want to thank the important visitors that we had today. up to and inlutiewdinluting our in congress. thank you very much. this is a distinct pleasure, not only to know mr. foxx brings teachers who she speaks about on a regular basis to the capitol, but you joined us in the rules committee. certainly emanuel, if that is his name. one of his interns. and have s

burgess. mr. burgess, no. miss slaughter. >> aye. >> miss slaughter, aye. mr. mcgovern, aye. mr. hastings. >> yes. >> mr. hastings, aye. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> reports the total. >> four ayes, seven nos. >> amendment not agreed to. further amendment or discussion? seen none. vote will be on the motion from the gentlewoman from north carolina, vase chairman of the committee. those in favor, signify by saying aye. those opposed no. the ayes have it. the ayes have it. the gentleman from orlando, florida, mr. webster, will be handling this for republicans. mr. polis will be handling this for democrats. the next rules committee meeting is scheduled for 3:00 on tomorrow, on the charitable extenders package. i want to thank the important visitors that we had today. up to and inlutiewdinluting our in congress. thank you very much. this is a distinct pleasure, not only to know mr. foxx brings teachers who she speaks about on a regular basis to the capitol, but you joined us in the rules committee. certainly emanuel, if that is his name. one of his interns. and have s

burgess? >> in fact, i did not receive it, but would be anxious to look at it as and see if it answers the question as was asked. mr. chairman, if i could have the indulgence of a brief follow-up. >> real brief. >> when this thing went live the back end part of the system was not built. is it built and available and ready to use? the part that pays providers? >> the part that pays the issuers, the issuers are getting paid today. >> doctors and hospitals? >> they get paid by the health plans, not by the marketplace. >> the back end part of the system is up and fully functional? >> no the back end part of the system is going through continuous releases. today we are paying the issuers on an estimated basis that would be a coming release this year where by the end of this year they'll begin to get paid and a policy level basis and next year continued automation will occur to tie everything to do with the back end of cms' systems. >> have the right people been paid the right amount of money? these

burgess' -- >> sure. >> professor, go ahead. >> you or you? >> i was just going to quickly follow up, if you don't mind. >> go ahead. >> the decision on lower court, to simply note, we are waiting any day now for a ruling. which i've said and i think the panel would probably agree is a much more significant issue than hobby lobby ever was. it's a live torpedo in the water for the aca. and its impact could be huge. so we'll see what the court of appeals says about these differences. but i will also note that the supreme court just handed down two opinions dealing with the statutory interpretation of these issues and quite frankly, this is something as a law professor i'm very interested in and the principles of statutory interpretation. what was striking about the supreme court is it rejected the very type of holistic interpretive approach that is being advanced in cases like hallbig. i will simply note that in michigan versus bay mills indian community, that opinion was written by justice kagan, and she said she would not engage in a demand, i

burgess' -- >> sure. >> professor, go ahead. >> you or you? >> i was just going to quickly follow up, if you don't mind. >> go ahead. >> the decision on lower court, to simply note, we are waiting any day now for a ruling. which i've said and i think the panel would probably agree is a much more significant issue than hobby lobby ever was. it's a live torpedo in the water for the aca. and its impact could be huge. so we'll see what the court of appeals says about these differences. but i will also note that the supreme court just handed down two opinions dealing with the statutory interpretation of these issues and quite frankly, this is something as a law professor i'm very interested in and the principles of statutory interpretation. what was striking about the supreme court is it rejected the very type of holistic interpretive approach that is being advanced in cases like hallbig. i will simply note that in michigan versus bay mills indian community, that opinion was written by justice kagan, and she said she would not engage in a demand, i

burgess: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 594, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 416, h.r. 594, a bill to re-authorize and extend the paul d. wellstone muscular dystrophy community assistance, research, and education . endments of 2008 the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. dingell, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and insert heir remarks and extraneous materials in the record on the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burgess: thank you for the recognition to discuss this bipartisan, bicameral

today i stand with senator cornyn, senator cruz, congressman barton and congressman burgess to repeat our stance. texas will not be participating in medicaid expansion. >> would you consider expanding a broken system? of course not. of course not. it's like a drug dealer. you give em your first hit free and then they're hooked for years and years. >> in galveston, on the state's gulf coast -22 percent of the population lives below the poverty line-well above the national average. >> in 2008, hurricane ike devastated the poorest communities here. some people lost everything they had and never fully recovered. >> an eight-foot wall of water flooded this entire part of the island and took this neighborhood, which was historically a very poor neighborhood, and really exacerbated all of the social problems it had to deal with, making the job for st. vincent's house that much more difficult and that much more important. >> okay, what type of appointment did you need? >> st vincent's student-run free clinic in galveston has long been one of the primary healthcare options for low-income resid

burgess' -- >> sure. >> professor, go ahead. >> you or you? >> i was just going to quickly follow up, if you don't mind. >> go ahead. >> the decision on lower court, to simply note, we are waiting any day now for a ruling. which i've said and i think the panel would probably agree is a much more significant issue than hobby lobby ever was. it's a live torpedo in the water for the aca. and its impact could be huge. so we'll see what the court of appeals says about these differences. but i will also note that the supreme court just handed down two opinions dealing with the statutory interpretation of these issues and quite frankly, this is something as a law professor i'm very interested in and the principles of statutory interpretation. what was striking about the supreme court is it rejected the very type of holistic interpretive approach that is being advanced in cases like hallbig. i will simply note that in michigan versus bay mills indian community, that opinion was written by justice kagan, and she said she would not engage in a demand, i

burgess? mr. burgess, no. >> if the gentleman will please restate the vote. >> thank you very much.ndment is not agreed to. >> so democrats make the republicans vote that the public will not get a weekly notice of how much taxpayer money the republicans are spending on suing president obama. no, no, no, no, no, no. all republican nos. will republicans agree that we shouldn't spend tay payer money for this lawsuit. can we agree to that? >> i have an amendment number 2-a. i move the committee adopt my amendment which would prohibit the hiring of any law firms or consultants who lobby congress, because if they lobby congress for a living, congress should not also be paying them. >> those in favor, signify by saying aye. >> aye. >> no? >> no. >> the noes have it. >> your money will be paying law firms who employ lobbyists to sue president obama. by this time, she's obviously having fun. so here is her next idea. will republicans agree that we shouldn't pay law firms to sue the president if those law firms are making money in obamacare. if the republicans are going to use taxpayer money

. >> reporter: keisha burgess lives across from the fire victims the siding and windows on her home melted from the intense heat. she's taking are with the fire department's response time. >> they could have saved them little kids lives and all these houses didn't have to be damaged an lot of these people out here would not be homeless. >> the first ladder company was actually here in a minute and frick seconds. >> reporter: fire depth department says the fire was reported as a rubbish fire. one engine had been dispatched to a car fire minutes before the fatal fire but that engine quickly game to gesner street. >> they didn't do anything wrong. as a matter of fact, they gave their heart and soul. >> reporter: the fire commissioner also disclosed tonight that there have been threats made on engine 40 ladder four right around the corner here. the police department is investigating those threats. iain? >> dave, thank you. >>> 13 year old tia hudson on the mend tonight. the teen was shot by a spray bullet while sleeping in her camden county home. it happened overnight on hathaway drive in sick

burgess, member of the rules committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. burgess: i thank the chairman for yielding the time. there are plenty of places in the affordable care act where it is full of drafting errors and stuff that wasn't ready for prime time. but you know, mr. speaker, there is no ambiguity over this issue. when the president delayed the institution of the employer mandate on july 2, 2013. he couldn't are have been clearer. let me give you an example, the effective date of the individual mandate as written in law for the individual mandate, the amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable apply ending after december 31, 2013. pretty clear, shall apply. straightforward. the effective date for the employer mandate section 1514 of the law, effective date, the amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after december 31, 2013. it really does seem straightforward. there is no ambiguity there. i would just ask the question, is ther

burgess raised it, is somehow reauthorizing the nih.and i think that that is a very interesting idea. and i'm all for naming a building for dr. burgess. [laughter] now, we have a discussion about china. and i think it's informative, but i don't think it's dispositive. and to the panel in general, as i understand the system in china, it's quite different from the system here. here we rely on governmental funding. we rely on the nonprofit sector so ably represented by a great university and great charitable trust. and we rely on the for-profit sector, including the drug companies. many of which are headquartered in the district i serve. and we rely on venture capitalists. and so i would ask mr.leff and that three-legged stool on the for-profit sector, what should we be doing, recognizing we have a greater responsibility with more stable funding for the nih, recognizing regarding various universities we need to make the system better so that only the, the fact that only one in six grants is awarded should change. we ought to make that syst

burgess. >> thank you for joining us again. it's always good to see you. always good to have you as a witness. you always provide valuable testimony and our second panel representatives also want to acknowledge just as the chairman did many of the patient organizations that you represent that have worked well with our office and myself over the last several years. mr. chairman, the goals of the 21st century initiatives and they are indeed allotable. we have to remember at the end of the day it's all about patients. doctors want to heal, that's why we entered the profession. no doctor ever wants to tell a patient there is nothing more we can do. the good news is that the golden age of medicine is really right around the corner. the doctors of tomorrow will have tools at their disposal unlike any before in human history, the ability of tomorrow's doctor to alleviate human suffering is going to be unmatched in history. every day that goes by that these tools are not realized is a day that patients and their families have to struggle through the pain and suffe

cheryl burgess joins us with products that folks should be looking out for.ot of things you think are good things to use, not so much. the first thing, acne treatment. over-the-counter acne treatment. benzoyl peroxide acne treatment. >> the fda is proposing a few bans. that is one of the active ingredients in primarily acne products but also salicylic acid. they have noticed an increased risk of almost like an anaphylactic reaction or allergic reaction. some people can't take aspirin and sala krcsalicylic acid is a byproduct of that. if any of those symptoms occur, you need to stop those products. but currently they're having the companies go back and test these products to see, really, how safe they are. i would say there's less than 100, 200 people who have had these serious reactions in 44 years. it's not that often that you see it. >> most folks you're okay. if you notice anything that's even a little bit out of the ordinary, reason for pause? >> correct. yes. >> deodorant soaps. lots of folks use. >> big controversy. triclosan is the active ingredient in

today i stand with congressman burgess to repeat our stance. texas will not be participating in medicaid expansion. >> would you consider expanding a broken system? of course not. it is hike a drug dealer, and then they are hooked for years and years. is then her hooked. >> on the gulf coast, 22% of the population lives behe the poverty line, well above the national average. some people lost everything they had, and never fully recovered. >> it took this neighborhood which was historic hi a very poor neighborhood, to really exacerbated all the problems it had to deal with. making the job that much more that difficult and that much more important. it is states that don't extend medicaid, this 5 million people that don't qualify. turn to the left. >> and aren't ejill i believe for a reduced plan, creating a phenomenon referred to as the coverage gap. >> tonight is dr. beach, and a couple of dermatologieses. >> kathy owen who has chronic pain, and a history of colon cancer falls into that gap. >> mow are you doing? >> i am half way there. that's b

burgess of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: the amendment is adopted. unfun issued business is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california, on which further proceedings were postponed and which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. lamalfa of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vo

burgess, out of all of the things you can chew barack obama over, why would you sue him for something you are willing -- you actually shut down the government for what he actually did. for one reasonit or another, that is a separate story. you can sue barack obama for benghazi, for the irs, so many things. this?u sue him for this'll make the republican party look absolutely ridiculous. guest: i will concede there is an embarrassment of riches that you can sue the obama administration on. this is straightforward. i read the language to you. it is unambiguous. we live in a country where we do not have a ruler. we have three coequal branches of government, separation of powers. suspendresident can't that activity on this, where it is so clear i and -- clear and unambiguous, that is what is so in fright -- so frightening about this issue. thingsre a lot of other you will hear about what happened to benghazi. the irs keeps looking worse and worse. there are other things out there that are problematic for the administration. this was simple, direct, straight lines between the two problems.

joining me now, reason congressman from texas, michael burgess. do you agree whatever you think about border security, this is not a border security problem? >> well, it actually started as a border security problem, because if you begin to relax the laws and change the laws as the president did, with an insecure border, with a porous border. >> what do you mean by that? how did he make the border more porous. >> when the president unilaterally deferred adjudication for childhood arrivals in 2012, you knew at that point that something was going to give. >> if that is driving -- if deferred adjudication or deferred action was driving this, why wouldn't we see kids show up from mexico. we've seen no real increase of kids showing up from mexico. >> no, you do -- >> well, not -- >> his point was exactly right. 38,000 people last month in the rio grande valley, and that is an overwhelming number. >> wait, 38,000 let's be clear. who were apprehended. >> correct. because they're not trying to evade. >> that's right. but that's the whole point, is that --

cheryl burgess is joining us with that answer and several other questions, including the opposite. you have too much hair or too little hair, you are going to solve the problem for us. >> let me define what hair transplant means for us because it doesn't mean to transplant it from your head to my head or vice versa. it is transplanting it from a non-hormonally infused area around the periphery of the head. and then when you stay thin on the top, it is usually in the distribution of if you set a king's crown on your head. so below that is not hormonally stimulated. so they take the hair from this region and put itn the hormonal area and therefore the hormones don't cause it to thin and fall out. >> oh, i see. so male pattern baldness applies to women as well in some cases. people don't bald down in this part? >> well, there's an old technique called follicular unit transplantation called fut, and they take a strip of hair and slice and dice, if you follicle take the follicles and put it on the top of the head. now there's a newer technique -- >> that's called plugs. >> no, that's an

george burgess, appreciate it. >>> coming up next, what prosecutors are saying about the secret lifedad accused of leaving his toddler to die in a hot car. hear what our legal ladies are saying coming up. >> today we're going to show you what weirdness is all about. >> the mad genius behind it. >> it was a hunting cabin. it was shabby but it was on a beautiful piece of property and as soon as i laid eyes on the house, i knew this would be the place i would spend the rest of my life. 25 years later this is what happened. i have so much stuff and so many raw materials, bread tabs, wooden yardsticks, license plates, bowling balls, musical instruments, machinery from the 19th century. and old skeletons. this is the ballroom which serves as a dining hall. we have what looks like a book shelf but in reality this is my bed. this is my luxurious bathroom. this was a five-year project. there are nearly 1 million broken shards in the walls. >> you counted the shards? >> i counted every single one. this is where i spend most of my time in the workshop. all is produced here on the premises. fare

burgess. >> i wanted to free throllow up you. your speciality has been involved in this longer than any branch of medicine going back to 1955 when developmental therapeutics program was put into place. with that lodge tuesday -- that breadth of experience in your speciality are there things you want to share with others? >> what we did back in 1965 or whenever was a lot different than what we are doing today. i don't want to take the time to go into it. you may be aware of it. but here's the message. it didn't happen overnight. it took 40 years of research to get us to the tipping point where we understood the genome and had the opportunity to take advantage of that and move forward. immunetherapy the same story. i don't want to underestimate the value of research investment where suddenly we look like we have so much to offer and to do. i also comment with regard to my co-panelists that finding the patients where they are is critically important. we have to understand not only the clinical trial membchanism u but the medical pra

texas republican representative michael burgess will join us to -- houseouse painter's speaker boehner'ssuit against president obama alleging that he is abused his executive power. then we will focus on u.s. companies and corporate taxes. our guest is allan sloan, senior editor at large for "fortune" magazine. live onton journal" is c-span every wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern conversation on facebook and twitter. >> here's what i had live tomorrow on our companion network c-span3. the house rules committee will consider legislation that will grant authority to begin a lawsuit against president obama for what the public and leaders described as "actions by the president inconsistent with his duties under the constitution. that is a 10:00 a.m. eastern. a focus on scams that target the elderly that cost more than $73 million a year. there will be representatives from the f d.c. and fbi -- ftc and fbi. now you can keep in touch with current events using any phone, anytime with c-span radio on audio now greater -- audio now. you can hear congressional coverage, public affairs forms, and today

be objective and not say personal opinions on air in regards to the particular incident with sean burgessan williams. >> you know, it only reminds me of this mea cult out there. i'll never understand it. in this case you have a rookie officer shot in cold blood. and objective on the scene, i guess they're saying i have crossed a line into opinion, but in terms of what he said, no. what the reporter said is right. you've got to wonder if this guy didn't have parenting and there is absence of fathers such a glaring problem in the black community didn't contribute to the fact that somehow he thought it was okay to kill a police officer not doing anything that would be anywhere might have been police brutality. no. he was coming into a walgreens where he had been called because this man had attacked a security guard inside of the store. >> seems the phrase that offended everybody that is causing possible termination here is the under lying cause of this, of course, because the station is being criticized for covering this story. and his point, he said there is anticop mentality. that woman ha

burgess, dean kamen is going to be one person we're going to rely on.course, that's his focus in life. sera? >> so think of this as an ecosystem from our standpoint, absolutely the right way to look at it, and you talked about kind of a continuum of discovery development and delivery, and it raises the question of how you're going to make sure it's actually a feedback. so we've been hearing about the need to invest in research and that's critical but there's also the need to ensure that we have the tools to collect the data and disseminate the data. so i spoke about a trial in sweden, very efficient, a lot more expensive. they are able to do that and much part because they have the interoperable electronic health records. as you think about the kinds of what needs attention in the united states that we can be competitive in terms of innovation. i urge you to keep in mind they need to make sure that we have the data system that will allow for researchers to bring the products to market more quickly and then also to understand how these products are being

burgess.the muscular dystrophy, really galvanized their progress. of the md care act was passed, enacted in 2001 and reauthorized in 2008. right now the amendments are really to look at what we've learned in the meantime. so the cardiac issues in duchenne and mustard you in duchenne and mustard you should operate and have to be tackled in order to answer the question as you look at these therapies, potential therapies that are helpful to be approved in the next months and years. extend function. will they protect or have a negative effect on the heart. so it's the gaps we need to look at with the amendments. in addition to the fact that when this legislation was in active and 2001, young voices of duchenne didn't live to be a does. would now have an adult publishing and we need to address those adults in terms of their medical care and also to incentivize and understand how, how to treat them, have encroachment of long, independent lives as they become adults and reach for their dreams. i thin

burgess: mr. speaker, the president needs to come to the texas border. there is a crisis occurring there. i just returned from a trip to mcallen, the situation is grave. the influx of people is is putting a strain on our resources and threatening our system of public health. last week marked my second trip to tour the processing and holding facilities. i know other members of the texas delegation have made the trip as well. president obama, despite being in texas for fundraising this week, refuses to come to the texas border. the president's remarks in the rose guardsen last week did little to deter certain americans from sending their children to texas. his message was correct. but his tone was wrong. the president needs to be clear and direct. he needs to send a clear and direct message to the parents in central america. don't, don't send your children across the deserts of mexico to texas. as a texan i felt compelled to make this trip. but i realize my influence in this realm is limited. the president has the pup pit. the president can make the point

. >> and now from across the aisle, joining me is texas republican congress michael burgess. thank you senator for being with us. you heard the senator saying you guys simply don't have a heart. what is going on that you're about to go on recess and you can't seem to put something together to deal with this crisis, which we can all agree is a crisis affecting everyone? >> first off let me say i do agree, the date to go on recess is entirely arbitrary and can certainly be changed. this is one nebraskmember of co that's willing to stay until we get a solution. at the end of the day, although the house and the senate may pass bills, i don't believe we're on our way to a solution. you go back and look at the data. it was shortly after the president unilaterally made a decision to selectively enforce immigration law. yes, he has the ability to under go the prosecution, the prosecu prosecute torl -- unfortunately, you look, the state accident actually puts limits on the number of little refugees this country takes in every year. i right now i think that top number is 70,000. now th